Thursday, October 10, 2024

1/144 Convair XC-99 by Roden

 

1/144 Convair XC-99 by Roden

Rodens series of big US Airlift aircraft continues with this XC-99 kit

https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/11131688

Sales Price : 11,610 yen 18%OFF about79.21USD
List Price : 14,190yen
Points Acquired : 116pointsOther Currencies
Manufacturer : Roden
Scale : 1/144
Release Date : After Nov(Oct. 10, 2024 Pre-order start.)

This item is limited to 3 per household.

Full length: approx 39cm.
Full width: approx 48cm.

- A super-large transport plane capable of carrying 400 soldiers.
- The kit is 39cm long and 48cm wide.

- The XC-99 is a large reciprocating military transport aircraft developed by Convair of the United States based on the B-36 strategic bomber.

- Only one was produced, and it was in service for about 10 years.
- The wings and tail were borrowed from the B-36 design, but the fuselage was significantly different, with a two-story fuselage and the wings moved to a mid-wing configuration.
- Since this was after the end of World War II and before the start of the Cold War, it was deemed that there was no need for such a large transport aircraft, and only one prototype was built, and the C-99 was never mass-produced.
- However, because it had the largest transport capacity at the time, it was delivered to the Air Force on November 23, 1949, even though it was still a prototype, and was deployed in combat.
- As a result, the aircraft logged 7,400 flight hours before being retired in 1957.


- Crew: 5
- Total length: 56.40m
- Width: 70.10m
- Total height: 17.50m
- Maximum takeoff weight: 145,000kg
- Engine: P&W Wasp Major reciprocating engine 6 units (3,500 horsepower x 6)
- Maximum carrying capacity: 400 fully armed soldiers or 45,000 kg of cargo
- Range: 13,000km






 

米・コンベアXC-99大型輸送機・全幅70m (プラモデル)

●兵士なら400名輸送可能な超大型輸送機
●キット全長39cm全幅48cm程になります

●XC-99とはアメリカ合衆国のコンベア社がB-36戦略爆撃機を原型にして開発したレシプロ大型軍事輸送機である。
●1機のみ生産され、10年ほど運用された。
●主翼や尾翼はB-36の設計を流用しているが、胴体は大きく異なり、2階建ての胴体とされ、主翼は中翼配置に変更されている。
●第二次世界大戦が終わり冷戦に入る前であったため、このような大型輸送機は必要ないと判断され、試作機1機のみでC-99として量産されることは無かった。
●しかしながら、当時最大級の輸送能力を持っていたため、試作機でありながら空軍に1949年11月23日に引き渡され、実戦配備された。
●そのため、1957年に退役するまで7,400時間の飛行が行われた。

●乗員:5名
●全長:56.40m
●全幅:70.10m
●全高:17.50m
●最大離陸重量:145,000kg
●エンジン:P&W ワスプ・メジャー レシプロエンジン 6基(3,500馬力X6)
●最大積載能力:完全武装兵士400名または貨物45,000Kg
●航続距離:13,000km

https://www.1999.co.jp/11131688

Friday, September 13, 2024

1/144 Flanker Family 2 F-Toys




 1/144 Flanker Family 2 F-Toys

source: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/11123676

Sales Price : 9,000 yen
about63.67USD
List Price : 9,900yen
Points Acquired : 90pointsOther Currencies
Manufacturer : F-Toys
Scale : 1/144
Release Date : Mid Dec(Sep. 13, 2024 Pre-order start.)
JAN code : 4582138607895
Item code : FT60789

- The Flanker is still active in many countries and has a wide variety of variations.
- The second wave of aircraft features a lineup of aircraft with a variety of camouflage patterns.
- The Su-30MKI, whose Indian Air Force exercise in January 2023 is still fresh in our memory, is reproduced with some new parts.

[Contents (1 piece)]

- 1 set of aircraft
- 1 instruction manual
- 1 piece of chewing gum
- Blind package specification (you can't tell what type is inside from the outer box)
- 9 types in total + 2 secret types


[Total of 9 types]

- A.Su-27S Russian Air Force 582nd Fighter Aviation Regiment
- B.Su-27P Russian Air Force 38th Fighter Aviation Regiment
- C.Su-27P1M Ukrainian Air Force 39th Tactical Aviation Brigade
- D.Su-27SK Ethiopian Air Force 5th Squadron
- E.Su-30SM Russian Aerospace Forces, 22nd Guards Fighter Aviation Regiment
- F.Su-30SM Russian Navy Black Ship Fleet 43rd Independent Maritime Assault Aviation Regiment
- G.Su-30MKI Indian Air Force No. 220 Squadron
- H.Su-30MKA Algerian Air Force 121st Air Defense Squadron
- I.Su-30MKA(R) Algerian Air Force 121st Air Defense Squadron


( This is a machine translation. Please allow for possible misinterpretations in the text. )


フランカーファミリー2 10個セット (プラモデル)

●今もなお各国で活躍し。多種多様な派生型が存在するフランカー。
●第二弾では、多彩な迷彩が施された機体をラインナップしました。
●2023年1月に行われたインド空軍をの演習が記憶に新しい`Su -30MKI`は、一部新規パーツで再現しています。
●美しいフォルムを宿した機体を、ぜひご覧ください。


【内容(1個)】

●機体1セット
●説明書1枚
●チューインガム1粒
●ブラインドパッケージ仕様(外箱からはどの種類が入っているかわかりません)
●1Box 10個入り
●全9種+シークレット2種


【全9種類】

●A.Su-27S ロシア空軍 第582戦闘機航空連隊
●B.Su-27P ロシア空軍 第38戦闘機航空連隊
●C.Su-27P1M ウクライナ空軍 第39戦術航空旅団
●D.Su-27SK エチオピア空軍 第5飛行隊
●E.Su-30SM ロシア航空宇宙軍 第22親衛戦闘機航空連隊
●F.Su-30SM ロシア海軍 黒船艦隊 第43独立海洋襲撃航空連隊
●G.Su-30MKI インド空軍 第220飛行隊
●H.Su-30MKA アルジェリア空軍 第121防空飛行隊
●I.Su-30MKA(R) アルジェリア空軍 第121防空飛行隊


Images in revers order (google) double click to enlarge:




















Hobby Collective (Store special) Special Item - Malaysian Air show 2013



Monday, September 09, 2024

1/144 Flanker "Su-30MKI" - F-Toys




1/144 Flanker "Su-30MKI" - F-Toys

 【新商品㊙️リーク!?情報続報】

先日の画像の詳細が判明しました! 画像はフランカーの「Su-30MKI」でした😆 こちらの商品の全貌はわかり次第お知らせします🙏 #エフトイズ
[New product ㊙️ leak!? Latest information] Details of the image from the other day have been revealed! The image was of the Flanker "Su-30MKI" 😆 We will let you know the full details of this product as soon as we know them 🙏 #エフトイズ

Friday, September 06, 2024

New F-Toys - MiGs?



New F-Toys - MiGs?

- The current opinions on X are that these are probably MiGs



 【新商品㊙️リーク!?情報】

 開発中の商品画像を入手しました!👀

この画像は一体…?🧐

詳細お待ちください!


#エフトイズ

Translated from Japanese by

[New product ㊙️ leak!? Information]

We have obtained images of products currently under development! 👀

What is this image...? 🧐

Please wait for details!


#エフトイズ



https://x.com/ftoys_scale/status/1831913286465696007

https://x.com/ftoys_scale


Monday, August 05, 2024

1:144 Spitfire and Bf 109E kits - Kickstarter #2 by Beacon Models



1:144 Spitfire and Bf 109E kits - Kickstarter #2 by Beacon Models

The year is 1940, France and the Low Countries have fallen. Britain stands alone, and must defend the skies long enough to prevent the Third Reich from achieving the air superiority needed to launch an invasion across the English Channel. Only the fighter pilots of the RAF - "The Few" - can meet this challenge. The stakes are desperately high, resources are stretched to the limit. The Battle of France is over, the Battle of Britain is about to begin…

Last year Beacon Models launched their first 1:144 kits, and now they're back on Kickstarter with new editions and variants of our 1:144 Spitfire and Bf 109E kits for you. This is also your opportunity to get your hands on some exclusive reward items that are only available to backers of this campaign. Now with your help  they can fund the production of these new kits. Join Beacon Models as they build on the success of their first products, and take the next step into this incredible period of wartime history as told through scale models.

This campaign has been fully funded, so it will go into production and shipping. However, many "early bird" offers and options still remain for the next 15 Days

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/beacon-models/the-few-part-2


Commissioning Edition Kit Features:
Sprues for two model aircraft.
Full colour instruction booklet.
Two marking schemes.
Premium screen printed decals by Cartograf.
CNC cut self adhesive canopy masks by Peewit.

Hangar Editions Kit Features:
Sprues for a single model aircraft.
Full colour instruction booklet.
Two marking schemes.
High quality digitally printed decals by Eduard.

1:144 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia Commissioning Edition Kit
1:144 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.I (Early) Hangar Edition Kit
1:144 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.Ia Hangar Edition Kit
1:144 Supermarine Spitfire PR Mk.I Hangar Edition Kit
1:144 Supermarine Spitfire Mk.II Hangar Edition Kit

1:144 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3/4 Commissioning Edition Kit
1:144 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-1 Hangar Edition Kit
1:144 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-3/4 Hangar Edition Kit
1:144 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7 Hangar Edition Kit
1:144 Messerschmitt Bf 109E-7 Trop Hangar Edition Kit




Friday, July 26, 2024

Miniwing.cz 2024 Summer Update

 









Miniwing.cz 2024 Summer Update

I have a quick update from Radek at Miniwing, covering some refreshed items and a couple of new kits that people are already excited about

See https://www.eshop.miniwing.cz/ for kits availability and shipping

2024 Kits

- RQ-4 Global Hawk JASDF (Japan) Plastic kit, - already released 2024

- MQ-9 Block 5 (Netherlands/Dutch)Plastic kit with 3D printed parts, release date 9/2024

- MQ-9 Block 5 (Spain) Plastic kit with 3D printed parts,release date 10/2024

- Bell 206 JET RANGER,

- Bell OH-58A "KIOWA",

- Bell OH-58A "KIOWA" in Vietnam War,

- Bell OH-58A KIOWA "over Europe",

- Bell OH-58A KIOWA "the Middle East" Plastic Kits contains 27 parts, Canopy mask sheet, PE parts sheet and decal variants 

2025 Kits  

- Bell AH-1G "Vietnam War"(plastic Kit) - Estimated release Date New Year 01/2025 (design still work in progress)

- Gloster Meteors NF.11, 12 and 14 (plastic) released 1H/2025. 











Thursday, June 27, 2024

KG144

I am aware the forum is down at the moment . It's not intentional

It will be back on the 1st JULY, which is when the embargo ends...

It appears bot,hacks,denial of services have caused the website to the specified exceed limits, as a result of this it has been throttled by the ISP provider..


Wednesday, June 26, 2024

1/144 4D Models - "Series 5"



1/144 4D Models - "Series 5"

Another series of the 4D models from the Chinese manufacturer.  It must be said that these are not the  pinnacle of modelling,  they still provide some interesting subjects to work with and they will be cheap!

Some will argue these are cheap toys, or for wargaming - but, people seem to like them and are improving on the base models.

SU-25 attack aircraft, codename: Frogfoot



F-5E fighter, codename: Tiger



AV-8A attack aircraft, codename: Harrier



F/A-18 fighter jet, codename: Hornet



F-15 fighter, codename: Eagle




J-16 fighter, codename: Qianlong




UH-1 Helicopter Codename: Huey



MI-8 helicopter, codename: Hippo


< Machine translated from Mandarin >

'Flying 5' is assembled and will be released soon.
  • SU-25 attack aircraft, codename: Frogfoot
  • F-5E fighter, codename: Tiger
  • AV-8A attack aircraft, codename: Harrier
  • F/A-18 fighter jet, codename: Hornet
  • F-15 fighter, codename: Eagle
  • J-16 fighter, codename: Qianlong
  • UH-1 Helicopter Codename: Huey
  • MI-8 helicopter, codename: Hippo
 8 famous aircraft from China, Britain, the United States and the Soviet Union,

Source https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/HI3WBin7jUhGqQlIWwGiUQ (via 黑色的黑藻

@Kalinka_EutroP)


模型144比,免胶全拼,板件精雕细琢,精致细腻~细节尽最大可能给到了还原。。。


时隔了两年,

“4D”的小飞机再一次集群呈现,

至此,

‘飞5’集结完毕~即将发行。

“蛙足”、“鹞”、“虎”、“鹰”、“大黄蜂”,“河马”、“休伊”、“潜龙”等8款中英美苏的名机,144模型板件 ,愿您喜欢~

感谢您的关注和支持!

祝您:

吉祥

新品即将发市

更多“4D”小飞机’精彩,请点击下方文章浏览:

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4、《新4款144战机~

5、《144的大飞机~


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Aims to provide timely information for model players on the latest developments and product displays of the "4D" model/toy series, which is developed and created by "Ming Ming" in collaboration with "Hehexing", "Xuhui" and "Chengyou" respectively - fully assembled, simulated in shape, restored in details / for beginners to practice and play with, and can also be displayed.

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